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The federal government quietly spent $75 million to settle with victims and creditors affected by the Lac-Megantic rail disaster -- a contribution that also shielded it from lawsuits related to the deadly crash.

Prince Harry will be joined by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Toronto Monday for events marking the countdown to the 2017 Invictus Games.

George John Dryden, who spent years of his life trying to prove conclusively he was the love child of former Canadian prime minister John George Diefenbaker, died on Sunday, a longtime friend said.

There was a run on beer in southeastern Quebec this weekend, as New Brunswickers took advantage of a court ruling throwing out limits on cross-border alcohol imports.

Sen. Mike Duffy is back on Parliament Hill after keeping a low profile during his long-running legal odyssey.

Take an hours-long drive on a Manitoba gravel road north of the Minnesota border and you'll come across something curious: a piece of the U.S. located well inside Canada's mainland.

Pierre Karl Peladeau, chosen by Quebec sovereigntists last year to lead them to independence, stunned the Canadian political class Monday by quitting.

People with serious criminal records and others using potentially phoney addresses are among those who managed to secure Canadian citizenship, thanks to a system that doesn't do enough to root out fraud, the auditor general has found.

A man who brutally beat and killed three homeless men and caused a high alert among the city’s street people last spring has pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree murder.

Canada doesn't have a plan to deal with an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, politicians learned Monday. But it is an issue officials are at least thinking about.

Tens of thousands of people were forced from their homes in Fort McMurray on Tuesday as a raging wildfire threatened to engulf the northern Alberta oilsands city.

Things have quickly changed in Fort McMurray and mandatory evacuation notices have been issued. Please see below for the latest.

As firefighters prepare to spend the day doing battle with a wildfire that is burning inside Fort McMurray city limits, causing the largest evacuation in Alberta’s history, local officials are reporting that homes have been destroyed in several neighbourhoods.

The Ontario Provincial Police are seeking the public’s help in locating an Ottawa man wanted for breach of parole.

A “nasty, dirty” wildfire fuelled by winds and fire-starter forest conditions relentlessly menaced Fort McMurray Wednesday, leaving a city of 88,000 evacuees scattered across northern Alberta wondering if Thursday will bring any relief.

Laura Gislason and her boyfriend Kyle Benio escaped the Fort McMurray wildfires with just the clothes on their backs.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the federal government will match donations to the Canadian Red Cross.

After deserting us without even a backward glance, the long-form census is back in our hearts. And Canada is returning the love.We showed so much passion for our census that we crashed the Statistics Canada website in our rush to tell all.

The head of Canada's largest pharmacy chain says there is a critical role for drugstores to play in dispensing medical marijuana.

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr celebrated the first anniversary of his being let out on bail by having several release conditions removed or relaxed.

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